Needle dispenser for phonographs and like machines



Feb. 27, '1923. Y 1,446,992 H. T. SCHIFF NEEDLEDISPENSER FOR PHONOGRAPHS- AND LIKE MACHINES Filed Apr.' 19, 1920 To aZZ whom it may concern:

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application sied .apni 1e', 192e. ls'eriaiiacferasesv r Be it known that l, HENRY y citizen of the `United States, v residing` at Chicago, in thev county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lkmprovementsin Needle Dispensers for Phonographs and like yll/llachines7 of` which the following is a specification.

. Heretofore considerable annoyance and inv convenience hasY been experienced i with phonographs and like machines, in that the needles arerusually kept in cups or recepv tacles readily accessible to the operator andi from which cups the needles are removed by inserting thepfingers thereinto. Asthe cups or receptacles are of av considerable depth but of a comparatively small diameter and usually contain quite a number of needles arranged promiscuously therein, it is not anv i sitating. the insertion of the lingers of', thev operator thereinto.

' A further` object is to provide anv improved device of this character Which will be simple, durable, cheap,l and compact in construction and effective and efficient in operation.

To the attainment ofthese ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the ac i companying drawing illustrating this in- T. .Sonlrri a.

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'Referring `more'particularly to thedravv-v ing the numeral 10 designates the top or'v A support of a phonograph cabinet yhavingthe usual cups or receptacles 11 for `the needles.

- Arranged adjacent these cupsk orrecep? tacles is a support 1 3 of any desired size and4 configuration. vPivota'lly mounted `upon thev support and extending transverselyv .thereof and preferably to bothjsides .of thel support is a bar or rop'dllathey extremities 15 of. which are `preferably bent at substantially" right angles thereto to form spaced project, ing arms or bars, the extremities 16 of which f are` preferably rounded i as lshown and `magnetized. ,lhe arms 15 `maybe of anydesired length Isuitable for the purpose and are pro-,

vided with sleeves 17 of any suitable insul lating material andwhich sleeves terminate short of the extremities 16, for a purpose tol i be hereinafter set forth.

v The support 13 together with the arms are so ,arranged that when thebar 14 `is 15 against the stress of an elastic member 19.'

One end of this elastic member is anchored as at 2O preferably to the support 10 and the vother end 21 of the elastic member is preferably secured to an extension 22 of the bar 14. The elastic member 19 tends normally vto'retract thearmsl so as to move the extremities 16 out of the cups or receptacles and into `the position shown in Figure 2 where the arms will be out of the Way to permit the cups lor receptacles to be filled.

In use the cupspor receptacles generally contain a number of needles arranged 'promiscuously .therein and when it is desired toy remove a needle without piercing or pricking the fingers, all that is necessary is to depress the handle 18 to rock the arms 15 against the stressjof the elastic member 19 so thatthe ends 16 of the arms will move from the position shown in VFigure 2 to the position vio netized a needle will adhere thereto sel that when the handle/18 is 1 released, the elastic niemberli will move .theparts frorn the' position shown in Figure 3 to the vposition showny in Figure 2 so that the needle which adheres to thel endv 16 -ef-,th-e arm may he viously'rnany changes `may be made in the details. of' Construction and in@ the combination'and .arrangement Vof the several parts Withoutdeparting from the spr-it loir' this in-- vention.-y e

Whatuis claimed asnevv is l." A ydispenser for needles for phonographs and like inachineselnbodying a support, an iarin pivotallyV-eonneeted with the snpgport'andnorrnally projecting over 'a supply receptacle and vadapted to be insertedintothereceptaele; the end of the arm being inagnetizedvvhereby when it is retracted it will remove a- Vneed-le vfrom the supply,A ka

- iaaaeea spring connected with the arin and normally operati-ing teflneve the` end ofthe out oi v the receptacle? and 'a handle connected With the arm adjacentits pivot, said handle loeingy laterally spaced from the armand disposed to one eide-of the receptaeie.

2. A dispenser for needles for phonographs and like machines embodying a'support, laterally spaced' arms pivotally connected with the supportl intermediate thel arnisj said arms each no-rmallyprojecting over a supply reeeptaeleffthe*end* of eaiell arm being inagnetized and;` adapted'to -be inserted 1 into respective i `receptfaeles, WherelorY when they are retracted they-Will remove a needle frein the res'peetivefsufpplies,

a sliding7 ene endy or the springloeing co-nneeted V"with the-,arms and" the-other end anchered to 'a are'el5fsupport,-V and."v tending normally 'to rnd-ve thearins ontofthe receptacles7 and al handle secured intermediate the arms and disposed to onev Side'of'eaeh .of thereceptacles,- for moving the; arms against the s'tress'elthe said spring. i i

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